That's something I think the EU got right -- being hard-nosed about true tracking consent requiring a user to receive the same outcome regardless of their choice.
Anything shy is begging companies to dark-engineer patterns around obtaining it.
Anything shy is begging companies to dark-engineer patterns around obtaining it.
https://pasteboard.co/rrL2bpmiE6Zq.png
And most you can't reject
Even more hilarious. pageboard itself said 847 partners!
I.e. all companies really want to be in the business of tracking customers, because they can repackage derivative products and increase their revenue.
So the "subscription" option ends up experiencing a lack of support, mysterious technical issues, underinvestment, etc.
End result, customers don't choose it, which businesses use to lobby for further eroding mandates.
You can't force a company to provide and support a product they don't want to. You can force them to turn one off.
The first reg this happens in will I think make billions the world over realize this is what the template of all opt-in online regulation has to be and will hopefully change the world.
If you boil the lobster all at once, the huge ad industry will ensure such regulation never passes.
If you gradually increase regulation, then it stands a change of actually passing, and eventually accomplishes the same goal (even if over a longer timeframe).
Getting everyone to agree that a mandatory, regulated prompt is required is step 1.